Official Mass Effect 2 Thread

[Killergran]

mrstickball said:

Here is what I can tell as far as RPG degredation if you want to call it that:

• You now have limited ammo
• The number of powers available to each player is much smaller (instead of 6-8 now 3-4)
• No defined damage characteristics on weapons. You don't know how much more or less powerful weapons are. However, biotic/tech powers still have defined amounts of damage they give (e.g incenerate does 150HP damage at level 1)

That is what I can think of. The game is still an RPG, its just a lot better of a TPS now, too as combat is a lot better in terms of firepower and AI.

Also, this:

• No loot from killing enemies
• No exp from killing enemies
• No accuracy stat
• Much more limited number of weapons
• Standard Health regeneration instead of using Medigel

Apart from the powers and fact that you can pause there is nothing in the battles to suggest this is an RPG.

However, don't let this discourage you from buying the game. It's actually better for it.